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THBPapua New Guinea ceremonial headdress
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LiveOct 1, 2016 - Oct 2, 2016
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- Lot Description
A ceremonial headdress. Papua New Guinea, New Britain. Early 20th century. 38"h x 17 5/8"w x 11 1/2"d.
Condition: Excellent
Provenance: Private Midwest CollectorCatalog Notes: Ex coll. John Giltsoff, Spain "In its conical shape and in the prominence given the eyes in the painted facial area, this Kilenge mask shows a kinship to the conical masks of the Dukduk Society of nearby Vanuatu. Many groups living in close proximity shared ritual organizational structures known as grade societies, through which a man's progress upward through a sequence of grades increased both his prestige and power. Masking was an important part of grade-level initiations. If the parallel with Dukduk holds closely, a mask such as this one would have been one of a group of essentially like male masks who performed as a unit. The overall condition is excellent, though the pigment remains fugitive." ha.com - Shipping Info
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